jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Apr 22 07:44:50 CDT 2011
I am using the Microsoft web control to navigate to web pages and parse out information for my
inmate checkout program. Part of the information is a picture that I have to click on to view. I
am a visual kinda guy so it would be really nice if I could get the picture and store it locally so
that I could see the picture of the guy without having to go click on that link every time as I
scroll through the records.
The first question is, can I click buttons in the web page using this web control? The following is
what I assume to be button code:
<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5">
<tr align="center">
<td colspan="6" align="center">
<a href="pagelistoffendersearchresults.do?method=list&page=1&searchOffenderId=1119894"
class="actionbutton">Back To Search Results</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br>
The second question is, how can I extract the picture. The following is what I assume to be the
picture control.
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="innerdisplaytable">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFACD" colspan="2"><img class="spacertop" src="images/spacertbl.gif"
width="1" height="2" alt=""/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#999999" colspan="2"><img class="spacerbottom" src="images/spacertbl.gif"
width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="picturediv">
<tr>
<td>
<table class="picturetable">
<td>
<a href="#" class="photolink" id="dopobscurelink"
onClick="javascript:unobscure('dopobscurelink','dopPicture','viewpicture.do?method=view&showDate=N&pictureType=I&offenderID=1119894','viewdetailbutton');return
false;"><img align="center" id="dopPicture" src="images/silhouette.gif" /></a>
</td>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td>
Sorry for all of the extra "stuff" but not being a web kinda guy I don't really know what is
necessary and what is fluff.
I manage to grab the "tables" collection and iterate through the tables looking inside each for
specific stuff to pull data out into my application. What I don't know is whether I can add another
of these web page controls and feed it just a specific part of the whole to get the picture, or
whether I can click a button, or how to g about getting this picture.
Can anyone help me with this?
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John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com